The Tuscan Giovanni Antonio Tartini came from Florence to Piran as a merchant, where he met Caterina Zangrando, a descendant of one of the most ancient noble families of the place. The couple started...
Giovanni Antonio and Caterina were married on 5 March 1685 and the family members grew from year to year. In 1692 their fourth child, Giuseppe, was born. The couple had nine children altogether -...
It was in 1692 that Giovanni Antonio was called to hold the office of one of the highest officials of the Republic of Venice, the public scribe of the Sali who was in charge of checking on the...
In 1692, in Piran, the spouses Giovanni Antonio Tartini and Caterina Zangrando embraced the fourth of their nine children, Giuseppe. The date of birth is uncertain; from the documents it appears that...
Little Giuseppe was taught to read and write by the friars, where he also learned the basics of musical theory and began to play the violin. With his father, he probably also attended the Piran...
The city walls of Piran are mentioned as early as the 7th century, a period in which the so-called Punta was surrounded by the oldest part of the city. With the gradual expansion of the city, the...
His father Giovanni Antonio died in Piran in unclear or even mysterious circumstances. His death plunged the family into financial difficulties, but freed Giuseppe from the obligation to submit his...
The birthplace of the composer and violinist Giuseppe Tartini is an important cultural monument, located between a series of buildings on the north side of the then port (the mandracchio) and the...
The Piazza Tartini adorns many postcards of Piran. Often, the panorama of the city extends from the dominant Church of S. Giorgio on the promontory to the historic city centre, represented by the...
In 1896, the monument to Giuseppe Tartini, brought here from Venice on a vaporetto of the same name, was inaugurated in the main square, with great ceremonies,. The creation of the monument had been...
Mediadom Pyrhani is a cultural centre and a multimedia museum that accompanies you, like a time machine, on a journey through twenty centuries of history, from antiquity to today's Piran. With 3D...
The Tartini festival is an international summer chamber music festival dedicated to one of the greatest European artists and composers of the 18th century, Giuseppe Tartini. In addition to his works,...
The Tartini Theatre” is one of the main monuments of town culture in Piran. The long rule of the Republic of Venice has left an indelible mark on this city, while only the final decades of the...
The Friars Minor arrived in Piran even before the construction of the church and the convent. The Church of San Francesco, which dates back to the year 1301, was built in Gothic style, and over the...
The Baroque church with its independent bell tower and a baptistery dominates the promontory above the city of Piran. The slope of the promontory with the complex of religious buildings is supported...
The Museum of the Sea has its headquarters in the 19th-century Palazzo Gabrielli, built - like many other buildings in Piran at that time - in a neoclassical style. The building that stands on the...
